, 1887-06-25

Reciprocity for the whole of Deninark were
offered-a thing which zoe could not do
it is quite certain that we could not draw
conclusions based upon treaties existing
between independent States, as Denmark
and tile Ut. S., to- our own advantage from
the sDecial favours conceded a state, which,
as the Sandwich islands, stood under o
Protectorate.
AS we therefore were facing impossibili-
ties. he would not be able to vote for the
appointment of a Committee to digest the
proposal.
2nd Member for Frederiksted's Town
District Broom, as he at first remarked,
was not only inclined to vote for the Draft
but to vote for its furtherance. But since
the remarks, which very incautiously fell
from the honorable End Member for Ere
deriksteiPs Country District (Svitzer)
namely, that the deficiency consequent in
the revenue should fall upon the whole
community in the shape of an income tax,
he would most decidedly vote that the
matter be thrown over to a Committee Of
5. He would consider it a great injustice
if, in the event of the petition meeting with
success, that the deficiency in the revenue
should be paid pro rGtG by the whole
community. Ii the petition is successful,
the planters at this crisis would be pocket
ting 1920 900, which surely would enable
them to meet the deficiency of say from
$4,000 to $780, 900, and which amount
could be assessed on the export on pro-
duce. He would therefore vote for a Com
mittee Of 5. Before concluding he would
beg to offer an amendment to the petition
namely, as it reads at present ga means
"to arrest the entire abandonment of the
sugar induStry',' to read "ameans to arrest
what threatens to be an abandonment of
the sugar industry" because as it is word.
ed, it would seem that the abandonment
had already commenced which fact has
been disproye0 by His Excellency's state.
ment of the area of sugar cultivation in the
island. He hoped that the honorable pro-
Duser of the Draft would take the prOpo-
sal in good part.
3rd Member for ChristianSted's Country
District (LeeUy) thanked the honorable IN m
Der for the amendment suggested. Ha
hoped however that his proposal about an
income tax to make up the deficiency
would not bias the action Of honorable
member. The question of an income tax
did not concern the question at Issue to.
daySbut would be a matter for future leris-
latiOn.
3rd Member for Frederiksted's Country
District (He,oit0 could not see the necessi.
ty of delaying the petition by the appoint.
ment Of a Committee. The whole question
could be decided vt once and forwarded by
the mail leaving here on Tuesday the 21st
inst.
3rd Member for Christiansted's Town
District (WaSSard would call attention to
the fact, that the petition had not been
sent in in Danish. This was at I'LL events
absolutely requisite. He would in fact ask
il it were in order, for the Council to enter.
tain the question presented, as it was in
English with no Danish originate
1t was by Z votes against 5 decided to
hand the petition over to a Committee of
D members to report upon same.
Voting tickets were theE handed around
for the election of d committee of 5 mem.
bers to report upon the petition, which re-
suited i'll the election of Members Andersen
and Laevy, each with IA votes, Raphael
with 10, Mcdonald with 8 and Hewitt with
3 votes.
6. Introduction of and LIST Discussion
on Additional Money Bill to the Budget
for 1898 sub Item Il. Divers Expen-
SEES annual support to Mrs. Lorentz).
Translation.